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Issue 21

9th November 2009

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C&I Magazine

C&I MagazineThe leading source of news and opinion in the arena of chemical technology

Cover Story

Rocket science in the making

Confirmation of the synthesis of the elusive pentazole molecule, of interest for its possible role in future rocket propellants, has come almost a decade after it was made, writes Richard Butler

Shuttle launch

News

Battle over drug export licences

Vidya Krishnan, 09/11/2009

The turf war between the Indian health ministry and office of the drug controller general of India (DCGI) rages on after the health ministry ‘put on hold’ the directives issued by the DCGI withdrawing powers from state governments to issue Certificates of Pharmaceutical Products (CoPP) – the export quality licence drug manufacturers require to sell their drugs to overseas buyers.

Cash injection for French biotechnology firms

Stuart Todd, 09/11/2009

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced a series of measures to facilitate the development of France’s pharmaceuticals sector, including the setting up of an investment fund, InnoBio, totalling more than €130m, to finance the development of healthcare-related biotechnology.

Features

power station

No quick energy fix

Hugh Constable, 09/11/2009

One of the UK’s biggest energy consumers, Ineos Chlor has improved energy effi ciency by almost a fi fth over the past decade, writes Hugh Constable

organicsolar

Power from plastic

Lou Reade, 09/11/2009

Solar power is on the rise. In 2008, the amount of energy generated by solar cells rose by 80%.

Editor's Blog

An end to jet lag?

Agree or disagree? Post your views below

Can it be true, an end to jet lag, the bane of all international jet-setters? But could the answer also be a solution to a host of other problems including psychiatric disorders and the impact of shift work?

As Andrew Loudon from the University of Manchester says: ‘It can be really devastating to our brains and bodies when something happens to disrupt the natural rhythm of our body clocks. This can be as a result of disease or as a consequence of jet lag or frequent changing between day and night shifts at work.’